to choose one thing or person from a group
to make something easy to see by painting or making it in a different colour from what surrounds it
to recognize someone or something from a group
to see someone or something when they are difficult to see
to shine a light on someone or something so that they are easy to see
The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
To cause the fiscal ruin of.
To destroy or make something no longer usable.
To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
To fall into a state of decay.
To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
To be very hungry.
To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
(especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold.




